Gert Sibande students excel in Namibia
This year theme is Promoting Skills Development in the 21st Century for Sustainable Economic Growth and African Ownership.
Gert Sibande TVET College welcomed two students at Graceland Hotel, Casino and Country Club on April 26, who represented the college in the World Skills Africa Swakopmund 2022 (WSAS2022) in Namibia.
Siphesihle Masina obtained position 1(gold) in welding while Nhlanhla Kuhlase came fourth in the welding competition.
WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 (WSAS2022) is a three-tier event hosted by World Skills Namibia in partnership with World Skill International and the African Union.
It includes a Skills Competition, a Careers Exhibition, and a TVET Conference that took place from March 29 to March 31.
This year’s theme is Promoting Skills Development in the 21st Century for Sustainable Economic Growth and African Ownership.
It offers an excellent engagement platform for policymakers, industry, and TVET experts.
Local, regional and international TVET experts are to engage conferencegoers by means of topical presentations as per the themes hereunder.
The overarching purpose of presentations is to generate knowledge, share experiences, benchmark, and innovate.
The TVET Conference is supported by the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and the German International Cooperation (GIZ) through the Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) programme, which is a programme of the AUC and AUDA-NEPAD with the European Union (EU) and Government of Germany, and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) as Conference Partners to curate the themes, content, and co-create the strategies for speaker engagement and the promotion of the TVET Conference.
According to Oscar Kubeka, a communications clerk for the college, the two learners competed regionally and then proceeded to Namibia where they represented Mpumalanga and the country.
